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Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany

Artist:
Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937  Search this
Medium:
etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (14.8 x 19.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Occupation\industry\fishing  Search this
Landscape\coast  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Architecture\boat\fishing boat  Search this
Landscape\France\Brittany  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
Object number:
1983.95.40
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7cb984cc8-3e7a-4d78-8024-fec92523c9d2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.95.40

"Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously...to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" --John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
René Magritte, Belgian, born Lessines, Belgium 1898-died Brussels, Belgium 1967  Search this
Medium:
gouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.4 x 19.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1958
Topic:
Figure male\waist length  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Disaster\storm  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Allegory\quality\truth  Search this
Object\foodstuff\beverage  Search this
Object\foodstuff\bread  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.195
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b10dfa70-de86-46e8-abf8-0e5767759cd0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.195

Sinking of the Titanic

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
oil on glass with mother-of-pearl collage
Dimensions:
13 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (35.4 x 76.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
after 1912
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Waterscape  Search this
Disaster\fire  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Landscape\phenomenon\iceberg  Search this
Architecture\boat\Titanic  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Object number:
1986.65.152
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk727777726-4305-48dd-bddd-4835d2d9ca8e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.152

Night Ship/Wind Reef/The Frozen Sea

Artist:
John Roloff, born Portland, OR 1947  Search this
Medium:
earthenware, glaze, engobe, and silica
Dimensions:
18 x 37 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (45.7 x 95.6 x 31.4 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Date:
1986
Topic:
Waterscape\sea  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Waterscape\season\winter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible in part by Mr. and Mrs. Fortunato Porotto and John E. Lodge
Object number:
1987.31.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74797586e-b3d5-48c9-9130-05837d6a1899
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1987.31.1

Night Ship/Storm Garden/The Frozen Sea

Artist:
John Roloff, born Portland, OR 1947  Search this
Medium:
terra cotta with ceramic glaze
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (45.2 x 60.0 x 47.4 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1986
Topic:
Architecture\boat\sailing ship  Search this
Waterscape\sea  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Waterscape\weather\storm  Search this
Waterscape\time\night  Search this
Waterscape\season\winter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nan Tucker McEvoy
Copyright:
© 1986, John Roloff
Object number:
1993.53
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7de64a945-eacd-40f7-85e3-18c526931a56
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1993.53

The Wreck on the "Atlantic"--Cast up by the Sea, from Harper's Weekly, April 26, 1873

Artist:
Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm) sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. (28.3 x 41.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1873
Topic:
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
State of being\death\drowning  Search this
Figure group\male and female  Search this
Literature\Harper's Weekly  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Object number:
1996.63.82
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78d0ae491-407c-4266-9922-d1ed73620124
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1996.63.82

U.S.A. Dishonor and Disrespect (Haitian Interdiction 1981 to 1994)

Artist:
Eric Avery, born Milwaukee, WI 1948  Search this
Medium:
color linocut on paper
Dimensions:
46 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (118.1 x 88.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1990
Topic:
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Animal\fish\shark  Search this
Travel\water\boat  Search this
Haitian  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tom and Judy Brody
Object number:
2010.37.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7aef10e5d-7f9e-49a1-a4b3-16c9693d9a70
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2010.37.2

Sinking of the Titanic from the series History

Artist:
David Levinthal, born San Francisco, CA 1949  Search this
Medium:
inkjet print
Dimensions:
17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Type:
Photography
Date:
2014
Topic:
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Architecture\boat\steamer  Search this
Waterscape\time\night  Search this
Waterscape\sea\Atlantic Ocean  Search this
Architecture\boat\Titanic  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald Standford Rosenfeld, Jr.
Copyright:
© 2014, David Levinthal
Object number:
2017.41.32
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7cc367b85-66e6-45df-876d-a855086b9a07
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2017.41.32

The Shipwreck [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Beal, Gifford 1879-1956  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape--Water  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Landscape--Coast  Search this
State of Being--Death--Drowning  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0109220
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_109221

Captain Arthur Henry Rostron Medal [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Title:
Congressional Medal of Honor - for the Rescue of Survivors of the Titanic [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)
Artist:
Flanagan, John 1865-1952  Search this
Subject:
Rostron, Arthur Henry  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1913
Topic:
Portrait male--Head  Search this
Portrait male--Profile  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Waterscape  Search this
Figure group  Search this
History--Europe--Titanic  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0114483
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_114484

Shipwrecked [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Novelli, James S. 1885-1940  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Literature--Defoe  Search this
Literature--Robinson Crusoe  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0115526
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_115527

Captain Arthur Henry Rostron Medal [sculpture] / (photographed by De Witt Ward)

Artist:
Flanagan, John 1865-1952  Search this
Photographer:
Ward, De Witt d. 1937  Search this
Subject:
Rostron, Arthur Henry  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1913
Topic:
Portrait male--Head  Search this
Portrait male--Profile  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Waterscape  Search this
Figure group  Search this
History--Europe--Titanic  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0000810
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_127520
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Titantic Memorial (model) [sculpture] / (photographed by A. B. Bogart)

Artist:
Gelert, Johannes Sophus 1852-1923  Search this
Photographer:
Bogart, A. B.  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
History--United States  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Study--Model  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0001133
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_127846
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Model for Titanic Memorial [sculpture] / (photographed by De Witt Ward)

Artist:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt 1875?-1942  Search this
Photographer:
Ward, De Witt d. 1937  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Study--Model  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0002531
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_129248
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Titanic Memorial [sculpture] / (photographed by Leet Brothers)

Artist:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt 1875?-1942  Search this
Photographic firm:
Leet Bros.  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1929. Installed May 1930
Topic:
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0002532
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_129249
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Titanic Memorial [sculpture] / (photographed by Leet Brothers)

Artist:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt 1875?-1942  Search this
Photographic firm:
Leet Bros.  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1929. Installed May 1930
Topic:
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0002533
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_129250
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Slocum Memorial Fountain [sculpture] / (photographed by Joseph Hawkes)

Artist:
Zimm, Bruno Louis 1876-1943  Search this
Photographer:
Hawkes, Joseph  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1906
Topic:
Children  Search this
Architecture--Boat  Search this
Animal--Lion  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0002569
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_129286
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Wreck Off Highland Light, Cape Cod [photomechanical print]

Artist:
Johnson, Marshall, Jr. 1850-1921  Search this
Photographic firm:
Detroit Publishing Co.  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print black and white
Type:
Photomechanical prints
Date:
Copyrighted 1912
Topic:
Waterscape--Sea  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Rowboat  Search this
Waterscape--Inlet--Cape Cod  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Image number:
LOC LC001259
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Photograph Study Collection
Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_139109

Abandoned [photomechanical print]

Artist:
Moran, Edward 1829-1901  Search this
Photographic firm:
Detroit Publishing Co.  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print black and white
Type:
Photomechanical prints
Date:
Copyrighted 1910
Topic:
Waterscape  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Ship  Search this
Image number:
LOC LC001519
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Photograph Study Collection
Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_139369

In Distress [photomechanical print]

Artist:
Tyler, James Gale 1855-1931  Search this
Photographic firm:
Ullman Manufacturing Co.  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print black and white
Type:
Photomechanical prints
Date:
Copyrighted 1904
Topic:
Waterscape--Coast  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailboat  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Image number:
LOC LC002184
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Photograph Study Collection
Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_142375

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